Will and Harry walked behind Diana's casket at her Sept. 6, 1997, service; Harry also left a note for "Mummy" on her coffin. "Ever since our mother died," Harry said in 2005, "[Will] is the one person on earth who I can . . . talk to about anything." Photo by: Adam Butler / Abaca |
When her sons were young, Diana took them along on some of her visits to shelters. "She said, 'I want them to see what it's like for the homeless, the down-and-outs,' " says Wharfe. Years later Diana's influence was unmistakable during Harry's 2004 trip to the impoverished African nation of Lesotho. Like his mother, one of the first well-known figures to be photographed touching a person with AIDS, Harry met with AIDS orphans and underprivileged children. "He'd go to places, and within two minutes of the formalities he'd say, 'I want to walk around,' " says Lesotho's Prince Seeiso, who with Harry formed Sentebale, a charity that benefits disadvantaged kids. "Soon there would be two and three and then 50 children around him."
Will has lent his support to several charities, including Centrepoint, which helps homeless young people (his mother was a patron). "He came in once and took part in a workshop where two girls and him were taught to cook lasagna," says Centrepoint chief executive Anthony Lawton. "He gets on easily with all sorts of people." Their father, Charles, is also heavily involved with numerous charities. But the ease and charm William and Harry have shown in their own philanthropic work can be traced directly to Diana.
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